Xinhua world news summary at 0900 GMT, Feb. 3

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Michel Temer denied Friday that the social security system reform would be abandoned.

In a TV interview aired earlier in the evening, the president said the government did not admit a defeat of the reform, denying rumors of failure and statements made by Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha earlier this week that the battle to approve the reform would end this month. (Brazil-Temer-Reform)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve Friday banned the San Francisco-based bank Wells Fargo from growing its business due to its widespread consumer abuses and other compliance breakdowns.

The Fed imposed more penalties on the bank and required it to improve its governance and risk management processes, including enhancing oversight effectiveness by its board of directors. (US-Fed-Wells Fargo)

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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has accused the United States of trying to turn the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics Games into a theater of confrontation with Pyongyang.

The official Korean Central News Agency said in a commentary late Friday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence claimed that he would go to the Winter Olympics to hold back the DPRK's "propaganda offensive." (DPRK-US-Winter Olympics)

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MAIMANA, Afghanistan -- A total of 25 militants have been killed over the past 24 hours as the government forces attacked Taliban positions in the northern Faryab province, a police spokesman said Saturday.

Four Taliban group commanders, including the notorious Mawlawi Yusuf, were also among those killed in the raids in Khawja Sabzposh district, spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said. (Afghanistan-Taliban) Enditem